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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win!

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Well Samantha knows how to work a marker like nobody's business and Becca loves to get messy with mixed media. We both wanted to learn the other person's crafty secrets so we're going to ask one another a question on the last Thursday of the month. Becca will provide you with some amazing Mixed Media techniques and Samantha will show you some tips and tricks about coloring! We'll both provide our followers with a little tutorial, because if we have these questions - our followers might too!

So Becca's question to me this month was: "How do you blend skin so easily?"

Well first off, it takes A LOT OF PRACTICE! Nothing works the first time around, it's something you have to keep working at.

STEP 1: Gather the image you want to color! The Copic colors I used for this Skin Tutorial are: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 <--- In that order from lightest to darkest.

For Spectrum Noir: FS1, FS4, FS9, TN3, TN4

STEP 2: Take your lightest color (in my case E000) and just color in everywhere there is skin. This gives it a base color to work with and it makes it easier to blend later.

STEP 3: Take your darkest color (E04) and lay it down where your shadows, or darkest areas would be. *This is the hardest part - the rest is easy peasy!*

STEP 4: The next step is to take your second darkest color (E11) and go over your shadow area and extend the color out just a little bit.

STEP 5: Then you use your next color down (E21) and do the same thing! However you start this color at the end of the last color (E11). So you don't want to start from the very edge because this will end up de-saturating your colors.

STEP 6: You take your next color (E00) and extend the color a little bit further in.

STEP 7: Take your lightest color (E000) and then fill in the gaps. Remember not to color over your whole image as it could de-saturate your colors.

STEP 8: Now that you skin is all done - You need to add in your blush (R20)! For this step you start wide on the checks and work your self in on the face so it comes to a soft point. This should look triangular.

STEP 9: You then take your lightest color (E000) again and go over the edges of where you just colored your blush.

VIOLA! You've got yourself a beautifully color skin tone!

Here's the final piece colored in case you're interested in seeing it!

SO, thanks for joining me on the skin coloring tutorial today! Becca has provided an AWESOME tutorial on how to use a stencils and produce SHARP and CLEAN lines for mixed media or anything you can use a stencil on really!

Stay tuned for next month's BS SESSIONS, which will appear here on October 29th!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win!

I used the image: Angel Heart by StitchyBeart and came up with this pretty and saucy Valentine's Day Card

It's hard to see but there is actually A LOT of sparkle and glitter in this card. ALL the hearts are stickled, and the wings, Bow and Arrow, and shoes are all glittery with either the Gold Gel pen or A Wink Of Stella.

Thanks for stopping by today! Go ahead and head on over to Crafty Gals Corner, and join in on our challenge! You have until Tuesday at 12:00pm to enter!

Monday, September 21, 2015

So, things have gotten a little shift, twist, and revamp over at the Karleigh Sue Challenge Blog. Instead of having a Cuties Challenge on the 1st of the month and a Sexy Challenge on the 15th of the month; we now have a fortnightly challenge on Monday's only.

The challenge for the next two weeks is: Anything but a Square!

I used the image called "Russel" which is a retired image - but you can check out the store for many more wonderful images!

So since square cards were obviously off limits for this challenge - I made a Circle Easel card! How fun this was to create. I'm definitely getting in the mood for Fall, Thanksgiving, and all the other fun holidays that come up this time of year.

I thought this cheerleader image would be perfect to make a Team Football Themed Pocket Letter! Obviously, I made mine a Texans theme, and I hope the gal that get's it loves it as much as I do! I think this came out so cute and fun!

Check out the awesome inspiration on this image from my Sassy Sisters & Sassy Brotherhere!

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Hello Faery Ink fans!

How did it get to be almost October already? Summer is over, and fall is right around the corner, at least for us in the U.S it is :)

If you check out the Faery Ink Page you'll see that I'm providing the inspiration today!

So with Halloween right around the corner I decided to make a Halloween themed card using "Whimzie the Witch"

I hope that you will take a look at the Faery Ink Store and try your hand at any one of these amazing images.

My wonderful hubby got me a tiny (kiddo - sized) sewing machine for my birthday because I just LOVE the stitched look on cards. Well as you can see, this is my first attempt and it's not quite straight in some places, but I'll keep practicing!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win!

I made a card with each sponsor's delightful images. The first one is from Paper Nest Dolls and it's called Frog Princess.

How cute is that image?! Since I'm a bit of a Disney nut, I went with the green colors and I think it worked well for this card.

This second card features the image "Bone Goth Fairy" by Lemon Shortbread

I wanted this card to be a little on the darker side, but with lots of vine-y florals. I think this card came out a little more simple than what I had pictured in my head (Don't you just hate it when that happens?) but I still like it.

Thanks for stopping by today! Go ahead and head on over to Crafty Gals Corner, and join in on our challenge! You have until Tuesday at 12:00pm to enter!

I first met Becca during her term at Crafty Gals Corner as she was one of the DT members for the challenge blog I started. She makes MANY wonderful projects, and her style is just unique and awesome. She has so much inspiration on her blog mixed in with her humorous personality, and she asked ME to be featured on her blog!

During a Featured Friday, Becca picks her favorite project from that person's blog and we each CASE it! The original project was:

Now, CASEing your own work is pretty darn difficult. I've never done that before but here's what I came up with:

Since the last project was very much actual sea colors with blues and greens, I figured I would take a completely different approach on this project and use fun and bright colors. I also thought the rainbow colored hair would be a nice touch.

To create the background I used Stamping Up! Ink Refills to create the background much like you would with Alcohol Inks. The shell die cuts are hard to see but they are black with a lot of sparkle to them.

If you'd like to see how Becca CASed my project then go check out her blog!

I also have some other exciting news! Starting on September 24th, Becca and I are starting a monthly collaboration called the BS Session (Becca & Sammy). The last Thursday of the month we will be providing you tips and tricks to crafting. I'll be providing some coloring tips and she will be providing Mix Media tips.

September 25th will be our first official challenge and you can follow our challenges over at this blog: HERE

For this DT introduction we were asked to make a project! SO here is what I came up with using the image called "Willow"

I just LOVE Center Step cards! They're so easy to make (especially when the Silhouette cuts it for you ;) ) I actually really love her red hair and the contrast that it brings in with the black and green! I hope you all like it too!

About Me

My name is Samantha Aguilera. I was born in South Africa & raised in Texas. I am married to a wonderful man who is medically retired from the U.S.M.C. He was stationed on Camp Pendelton California, so we got to enjoy a few years in California. Oh my! was it beautiful! I really enjoy cooking, baking, cricut-ing, scrapbooking, cardmaking, painting, and anything that allows me to be creative. My e-mail address is: Samantha.h.aguilera@gmail.com! Let me know if I can help plan your next event with fun invitations, or party favors!